Vocabulary

morning star; Venus

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn

remaining silent; keeping secret

field battle; field operations; open battle

agreement; stipulation; contract

(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality

play; playing; game

dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical)

gist; main point

place for dancing; dance floor

adopted daughter; foster daughter

intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into

gain; profit; benefit; amplification

taking (a class); studying; completion (of a course)

cold sweat

bandage; dressing

putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards

one's remaining years; the rest of one's life

low tone; bass; low voice

Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama)

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

longevity; long life

framework (of a building); foundation

paintbrush

miscellaneous school; legal category of schools including certain vocational schools, driving schools, cram schools, etc.

auditor; controller; comptroller

completely financed; sponsored; under patronage

homecoming; return to one's home

technical official; technical officer

charging (someone) with (a responsibility); entrusting (someone) with; entrusted responsibility; mandate

self-admonition

swimming; bathing

being in school; being a student (of)

pole vault

breaking off relations (esp. between countries)

one's own effort

ceasing to publish; discontinuance of publication

embellishment (e.g. of a story); ornamentation; decoration

loss; going missing